LAKEPORT -- The Lakeport City Council meeting lasted nearly three hours Tuesday night, with about half the time dedicated to a proposed marijuana cultivation ordinance. The council ultimately moved to send it back to the committee and involve two stakeholders, two committee members and two council members to draft another. The ordinance presented would have made it unlawful to grow medical marijuana inside a home or outdoors. Residents would only be allowed to cultivate marijuana in a detached accessory building equipped with security and ventilation systems. Council members agreed that the ordinance could lead to long and expensive legal battles with marijuana rights activists and did not want to go forward with it as it stood. For a full and detailed account of the council meeting, pick up Thursday's edition of the Record-Bee.

Berenice Quirino is a staff reporter for Lake County Publishing. She can be reached at 263-5636, ext. 36 or at bereniceq@record-bee.com.